Lake County, IL
File #: 22-0629    Version: 2 Name: CTI Resolution
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/19/2022 In control: Law & Judicial Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/10/2022
Title: Joint resolution to enter into a contract with Conference Technologies, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, to upgrade existing audio-video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in the older courtrooms in an estimated amount of $694,251.54.
Attachments: 1. CTI - Intent to Buy Letter.pdf, 2. CTI LakeCountyCourts.Client.TIPS.pdf, 3. May 2022 CTI Vendor Disclosure.pdf

Title

Joint resolution to enter into a contract with Conference Technologies, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, to upgrade existing audio-video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in the older courtrooms in an estimated amount of $694,251.54.

 

Staff Summary

                     The 19th Judicial Circuit Court was awarded grant funding from the Supreme Court of Illinois Court Technology Modernization Program to provide services benefiting the court, court users and justice partners.

                     The contract will provide an upgrade to the existing audio, video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in twenty-seven (27) of the older courtrooms.

                     Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Conference Technologies Inc., Itasca, Illinois through TIPS to procure services to upgrade existing audio-video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in the older courtrooms.

                     This contract will cost the County an estimated amount of $694,251.54.

                     In accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with Conference Technologies, Inc.

 

Body

RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit Court was awarded grant funding from the Supreme Court of Illinois Court Technology Modernization Program to provide services benefiting the court, court users and justice partners; and

 

WHEREAS, the contract will provide an upgrade to the existing audio, video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in twenty-seven (27) of the older courtrooms; and

 

WHEREAS, purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Conference Technologies In., Itasca, Illinois through TIPS to procure services to upgrade existing audio-video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in the older courtrooms; and

 

WHEREAS, this contract will cost the County an estimated amount of $694,251.54; and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with Conference Technologies, Inc.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Conference Technologies, Inc. of Itasca, Illinois to upgrade existing audio-video and integrate with courtroom AV requirements supporting in-person or hybrid proceedings in the older courtrooms in an estimated amount of $694,251.54.

 

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 10, 2022.